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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Revealing What is Hidden
Meditation,
simply defined, is a way of being aware. It is the happy marriage of
doing and being. It lifts the fog of our ordinary lives to reveal what
is hidden; it loosens the knot of self-centeredness and opens the heart;
it moves us beyond mere concepts to allow for a direct experience of
reality. Meditation embodies the way of awakening: both the path and its
fruition. From one point of view, it is the means to awakening; from
another, it is awakening itself.
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- Lama Surya Das, "The Heart-Essence of Buddhist Meditation"
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Via JMG: Rep. John Boehner Secretly Ups The House DOMA Defense Budget To $3 Million
Late Monday, House Democrats learned that the Republican leadership had once again secretly renegotiated its contract with attorney Paul Clement to defend the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act at the Supreme Court. This is the third time the contract has been adjusted, raising total costs to $3 million from the original $500,000 cap. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) both sit on the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG), the House body intervening to defend DOMA in court in lieu of the Department of Justice’s decision not to. However, they did not find out about BLAG’s new agreement with Clement until after it had already been finalized.Hit the link for Pelosi's pissed off letter to Boehner.
Labels: DOMA, GOP, John Boehner, U.S. House
Via JMG: SAN FRANCISCO: Voters May Consider Renaming Airport For Harvey Milk
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is considering a ballot measure which would rename the airport for slain LGBT rights icon Harvey Milk.
Reposted from Joe
A charter amendment sponsored by Supervisor David Campos would put the question of creating Harvey Milk-San Francisco International Airport on San Francisco’s November ballot. If five of Campos’ colleagues agree to submit the proposed name change to voters and the amendment goes through in the fall, the city would become home to the world’s first airport honoring an openly gay person, said Milk’s nephew, Stuart Milk. Milk, who runs an international gay rights foundation in his uncle’s memory, said that adding an airport to the list of public venues named for Harvey Milk would mark a milestone since flights to and from San Francisco International serve 68 countries where homosexuality is illegal.The wingnuts are gonna love this one. (Image via Harvey Milk Foundation)
Labels: airports, Harvey Milk, LGBT History, San Francisco
JMG HomoQuotable - Nathaniel Frank
"Still, gay people are born with the unique burden of disclosure, one that is supremely unfair. Coming out is never just a single act but a constant obligation if one is to assure that people don't assume that they're straight. We're always encountering new people who won't know, hence stuffing us back into the closet and reimposing the burden of coming out. And for years the world has berated and punished us not only for being gay but for being honest. [snip] How hard it is to get it perfect. If there's one thing LGBT people should agree on, it's the importance of compassion, and of not bullying our own." - Nathaniel Frank, writing for the Huffington Post.
Via JMG: GOP Rep Backs WY Marriage Bill
Laramie Democratic Rep. Cathy Connolly filed legislation late Monday afternoon that would create a path for gay couples to form civil unions or get married. The dual approach already has won the backing of Reps. Ruth Ann Petroff, R-Jackson, and Gingery. Both Teton County lawmakers said they would prefer to see gay marriage allowed in Wyoming but are willing to debate whether civil unions might be a better way to go. “It’s a basic human rights and fairness issue,” Petroff said Monday. “It’s a basic constitutional issue. There should just be no reason why same-sex couples shouldn’t have the same rights as everyone else.” Gingery is the chairman of the judiciary committee, which will be the first to debate the bills. He said the issue poses a legal problem that state officials need to resolve. “The population of gay couples in the state is increasing, and the law is not very clear about what rights they have,” he said. Gingery, who is Catholic, says the question of whether to allow same-sex couples to get married in Wyoming isn’t a religious issue. If passed, the laws wouldn’t affect church policy, he said.Same-sex marriage bills have failed in the Wyoming legislature in 2007, 2009, and 2011.
Labels: GOP, LGBT rights, marriage equality, Wyoming
Via Gay Politics Report:
- GOP insiders want party to ditch marriage topic, poll finds
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National Journal poll of 99 Republican Party insiders finds that just
11% want the GOP to actively oppose marriage rights for same-sex
couples. More than a quarter of respondents want the party to support
marriage equality, and nearly half said the party should avoid the topic
altogether. "We can’t be a party that supports a zone of personal
freedom and then try to use federal power to curtail it. Plus, we
increasingly look prejudiced, and not a little stupid, on this issue,"
said one respondent. National Journal/Political Insiders Poll
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Vida Rz shared Karmapa Supporters's photo.
Turning our attention toward light and hopefulness ~ 17th Karmapa
While we are living and remaining in this world, if we only pay attention to darkness and hopelessness, we will not see anything but darkness. But if we turn our attention toward light and hopefulness, then even if we have only a little hope, we will eventually be able to find a way to reach the light. For this reason, the world environment and all the beings in it are not all bad. The beings in the world are not unilaterally vicious, and the external world is not exclusively poisonous and polluted. If we make efforts with a courageous heart, we can transform the world into a pure realm. We can transform the beings in the world so that they become the beautiful and majestic deities present within their minds.
(from: Teachings before a Medicine Buddha empowerment - India, December 2007)
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 15, 2013
The Ultimate Reflection
The
Buddha exhorted his disciples to reflect on death a lot—to use it as
the ultimate prompt to practice now, in this moment; to practice every
day. To stoke the fire before it’s too late. To prepare ourselves to
make skillful choices in the moment when we leave this body. The same
things that impede meditation are those that cloud our view at death:
pain and emotional distraction. The better we master these fetters in
life, the better chance we have of forgoing them at death.
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- Mary Talbot, "How Buddhists Can Prepare to Die"
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Adversity's Blessing
When
empathy spontaneously arises, we sense the power of love as a blessing
revealed by adversity. How embarrassing it is to see how preoccupied we
have been with our own petty concerns! Seeing how affection stirs people
to acts of selflessness inspires us to extend ourselves as well. With
loving kindness we see the needs of others and respond.
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- Judith L. Lief, "Welcome to the Real World"
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January 14, 2013
Adversity's Blessing
When
empathy spontaneously arises, we sense the power of love as a blessing
revealed by adversity. How embarrassing it is to see how preoccupied we
have been with our own petty concerns! Seeing how affection stirs people
to acts of selflessness inspires us to extend ourselves as well. With
loving kindness we see the needs of others and respond.
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- Judith L. Lief, "Welcome to the Real World"
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
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Knowing When to Speak
Saying
things you shouldn’t say or speaking much more than is necessary brings
a lot of agitation to the mind. The other extreme, complete silence, or
not speaking up when it is useful or necessary, is also problematic.
Applying right speech is difficult in the beginning; it takes practice.
But if you practice every time you talk to someone, the mind will learn
how to be aware, to understand what it should or should not say, and to
know when it is necessary to talk.
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- Sayadaw U Tejaniya, "The Wise Investigator"
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
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Compassionate Action
When
we are energized with anger we often do things that worsen our
situation. Being compassionate does not mean being passive. We can
actively work to counteract injustice and harm, but we do so with
compassion, not self-righteous anger. With compassion, our positive
efforts can be sustained for a long time and will be effective.
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- Thubten Chodron, "Working with Anger"
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